@daniel g No, actually. In my 30 odd years in the workforce, I haven’t seen that many office romances. Most folks recognize it’s generally a bad idea and I certainly have never been in one where everyone in the office was paired off with a coworker.

I don’t know about that. Have you not had a job before where a ton of people have hooked up? I’ve had plenty of jobs that were breeding grounds for relationships. It’s not out of the reality. The only thing unrealistic is Angela finding Kevin remotely interesting.

I’m sure Pete’s flaws will come out soon enough. They have tried to make him like early Jim, but we see that even Jim has flaws now. So if Pete screws up will Erin just dump him and move on to the next guy?

#26 The idea of Kevin and Angela is the kind of story that has gotten this show in trouble the past few years. Not everyone in the office needs to get paired up with a coworker and their insistence on doing that has taken away from the reality the show used to portray.

I’ve posted about Kevin/Angela twice now, but no one seemed to notice. See comment #128 to the Couples Discount post. I know I mentioned it once prior to that, but now I can’t find it. And there’s no reason they can’t end up together. It’s a fictional TV show, after all.

Looks like Andy is going to fire Pete. It seems they are still trying to make him out to be the bad guy. I think he is completely justified in standing up for himself. I just hope it doesn’t somehow backfire because more bad things happening to Andy is horrible and uncalled for.

@19, It’s not like he was bullying Dwight. It was a rivalry. They were both mean to each other. Plus, Dwight got back at him by ruining his engagement. I like Dwight, but he’s done some pretty bad things throughout the entire series. In Scott’s Tots, Dwight pretty much tried to do the same thing to Jim. He set him up to get fired. Dwight has always been like that. He does and says mean things to other people in the office but we still love him because it’s part of his personality. It’s the same reason people like Andy. He’s cocky, sometimes mean, but it’s part of who he is. He tried too hard to be a people-pleaser, but he was still good natured. Up until this season he was more oblivious than malicious. Now he’s just terrible.

I think it goes down like this: Andy lies his way out of getting fired by Wallace. He then tries to fire Pete, knowing he can’t because he knows Pete will go right to Wallace and show him evidence of his deeds. Andy’s hoping Pete will do what Andy would’ve done in the same situation–run away. However, I think Wallace comes back to Scranton. And when he does, everything comes to the fore: Andy’s behavior toward Nellie, the boat trip; the Florida to get Erin trip, the White Pages account, etc. Once this beast is released, Wallace fires Andy. But also when he hears of Pam’s graffiti art on that warehouse worker’s car and her losing a client by playing a game, she too loses her job. Now onto something OUT THERE. Anyone notice how Kev is starting to show a bit of interest in Angela this season? From the Christmas episode on, it’s been that way. After having defended her from the Senator, Angela, for the first time in several seasons, gave her “I’m liking this” smile where she thinks no one can see it. Very interesting. Ang and Kev. How HUGE of a twist would that be?

People who say Andy hasn’t been like this: Traveling Salesmen? I’ve pretty much hated him since. Sure, there are times when I cheer for him, full arcs, even. But I’m not too surprised. I’m sure he’ll get his redemption in the end.